Delta Talks With Pilots Union
Stall on Proposals for Wage Cuts

By

Evan Perez and

Melanie Trottman Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Updated July 23, 2003 11:18 p.m. ET

Contract talks between Delta Air Lines and its pilots union have stalled after three weeks, with the company and its only major organized-labor group unable to bridge what the union calls "philosophical differences" over wage-cut proposals.

The standoff could be a serious blow to Delta, which like other major hub-and-spoke airlines has been scrambling to cut labor and other costs amid the airline industry's worst-ever...